Sir Antonio Pappano

Sir Antonio Pappano: The 2024/25 Season

Our Chief Conductor introduces his 2024/25 season, from brand new works to British symphonies and opera classics.

Pappano: My relationship with the LSO

‘I’ve always had a very close relationship with the Orchestra. But I want that relationship to deepen. I hope I surprise them. I know they’ll surprise me.’

Pappano: 'That's what a conductor is, you are serving the music'

Sir Antonio Pappano discusses what it means to be a conductor, and his own personal conducting style.

Sir Antonio Pappano: The 2023/24 Season

‘I worked with the LSO for the first time in 1996, at Abbey Road Studios, to record an opera. I’ll never forget the first down beat, when the orchestra just exploded with activity and panache and derring-do. It felt like I’d gotten into a Ferrari and pushed the gas pedal down!’

Press Release: LSO appoints Sir Antonio Pappano as Chief Conductor